World Checklist of Selected Plant Families: Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew

Carex acuta var. nigra L., Sp. Pl.: 978 (1753).

This name is a synonym.

Homotypic Names:
Accepted Name:	Carex nigra (L.) Reichard, Fl. Moeno-Francof. 2: 96 (1778).
Family:	Cyperaceae
Carex nigra (L.) Reichard, Fl. Moeno-Francof. 2: 96 (1778). Carex acuta subsp. nigra (L.) Ehrh., Hannover. Mag. 18: 233 (1780). Carex vulgaris Fr., Novit. Fl. Suec. Mant. 3: 153 (1843), nom. superfl. Vignantha vulgaris Schur, Enum. Pl. Transsilv.: 706 (1866), nom. superfl. Vignea vulgaris Fuss, Fl. Transsilv.: 680 (1866), nom. superfl. Carex vulgaris var. communis Meinsh., Trudy Imp. S.-Peterburgsk. Bot. Sada 18: 333 (1901), not validly publ. Carex stolonifera subsp. vulgaris O.Schwarz, Mitt. Th�ring. Bot. Ges. 1: 89 (1949).
Original Compiler:	R.Govaerts